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*TheMacau “BIG8” isagaming term inventedby
WorldGaming
and consistsofMacau’s “tierone”or “first-tier”properties, that is thoseproperties
WorldGaming
feels comprise the “biggest andmost influential”.
Thefirsttier issubject tochange fromtime totime. Forexampleprior to theopeningofGalaxyMacau theBIG8wasactuallyaBIG7.Apropertycanmove intooroutof thefirsttierbyan increaseoradecrease in that
property’s influenceover theMacaugaming industry.At thetimeofwriting theBIG8consistsofCityofDreams,GalaxyMacau,GrandLisboa,MGM, Sands, StarWorld,VenetianandWynn.
From time to timecasinoexecutivesmake statements like,“Baccarat is
baccarat.Theoddsarethesame, thegame isthesame.All thepropertiesoffer
the same product.”We here atWGM think this statement is ridiculous and
one that lazycasinoexecutivesmake. If thiswere true,playerswouldn’tcare
what casino they played in, yetwe see themfiercely loyal tooneproperty
or another. There aremany factors driving the passion and enthusiasm of
players for andagainst thevarious competingproperties.
Thebestway foracasino tocapturea loyal followingandsomemarket
share is tooffer something attractive that its competitors donot. Consider
these factsaboutKampekParadisecasino:
•
You canplay for as littleasHK$20ahand
, onbaccarat tablesdealt by
real live dealers (not amachine). The lowest minimums inmost other
casinosarefive, tenorfifteen times that amount.
•
You canplayon ten tables simultaneously!
You’dbe lucky toplay on
two tables simultaneously inmostotherproperties, and itwould involve
a lotof runningaround.
•
The baccarat games run at about 60hands per hour.
That’s at least
double the speedatmost other casinos. And remember youcanplayup
to ten tablesatonce, soat full speedyoucouldbehavingabet every six
seconds! Andno this is not ona slotmachine; this is allwith real human
beingsdealing real playingcards.
•
There isnoneedtoever leaveyourseat
toget food,drinksor tochange
tables!
•
Eachplayercankeephisbettingdecisionscompletelyprivate
fromall
theotherplayers.
•
Andhere’s the kicker…at any givenmoment
just fivedealers candeal
baccarat, rouletteandsic-bo to527players!
This doesn’t sound like any normal casino, it sounds like a casino on
steroids!How isall thispossible?Theanswer is this: technology.Welcome to
thewonderfulworldof KampekParadise.
Let’s back up a little and explainhowKampek canbe sodifferent to
other casinos. You’ll find Kampek Paradise on the first, second and third
floors of 197-233Avenida daAmizade (Traditional Chinese:
友誼大馬路,
Cantonese pronunciation: yau yi dai ma lo, Mandarinpronunication:
yǒu
yì dàmǎ lù,
English: FriendshipAvenue). Thebuildingoccupies theblock
immediatelyeastofLisboa, immediatelywestofHotelFortuna, anddirectly
oppositeWynn (north)acrossAvenidadaAmizade.On themap in theback
of thismagazineKampek is casinonumber 05at grid reference J11.
KampekParadiseopenedon28December 2007. The casino started
on the third floor and then expanded to the second and first floors as
demandgrew.You’ll find36 traditionalbaccarat tablesandone traditional
sic-bo table in the casino, but this is notwhatmakes Kampek special. In
addition to the traditional tables, you’ll also find ten very special tables
that Kampek refer to as their “live tablegames” (these types of table are
also sometimes referred to as live-dealer tables). These ten tables come
as fivepairs: four pairs of twobaccarat tables anda roulette/sic-bo table
pairing. Eachpairof tables isconjoined,witha singledealerdealingboth
tables, alternatingbetween the two.
Theplayersarenowherenear the tables! Instead, theyareseatedatany
oneof 527electronicgaming terminals throughout the three-floor casino,
placing theirbetselectronicallyon the resultsofoneormoreof the ten live
table games from the comfort of their seat. A surveillance camera sits on
each tablebeaming theaction in real time to the terminals throughout the
property.Theentiresuiteofbaccarat trend information iskeptelectronically
oneachof theeight live tablebaccaratgames. (For a thoroughexplanation
of baccarat trend following techniques including the “big road”, “big eye
boy”, “small road”, “cockroach road”and the “beadplate”, see parts 1 and 2
our article “Fate in the cards” inour Jul/Aug 2011 and Sep/Oct 2011 issues
respectively, availableonourwebsitewgm8.com.)
有娱乐场主管说过这样的话，“百家乐就是百家乐。机率相同，
玩法也一样。所有娱乐场提供的产品没什么分别。”《环球博彩》认为
这种说法实属荒唐，只有懒惰的娱乐场主管才会这样认为。如果其言属
实，玩家就不会在意光顾哪家娱乐场，然而我们看到的却是玩家对特定
娱乐场的偏爱与忠诚。影响玩家对娱乐场喜好的因素有很多。
对娱乐场来说，抓住忠诚的顾客群体和市场份额的最好方法是，提供
竞争对手们所没有的诱人条件。一起来看下金碧汇彩娱乐场的下列事实：
•
真人派牌百家乐赌台（非机器）上，
每手牌最低注额仅为20港币。
在多数其它娱乐场，最低注额是它的5倍、10倍或15倍。
•
你可以同时在10张赌台上投注！
在多数其它娱乐场，能同时在两张台
上投注已经算是走运，且常常少不了跑来跑去。
•
百家乐每小时可派发约60手牌。
这至少双倍于多数其它娱乐场。别忘
了你同时可以在10张赌台上投注，全速进行的话，每6秒就可以作一
次投注！这并不是角子机，而是真人派牌游戏。
•
无需离开座位
便可以点餐饮小食或更换赌台！
•
玩家可以完全让自己的投注保密。
•
锦上添花的是，任何时候
只需5位荷官便能在百家乐、轮盘和骰宝中为
527位玩家派牌！
这听起来不像是普通娱乐场，而是个非凡之地！这怎么可能？答案
就是：高科技。欢迎进入金碧汇彩的奇妙世界。
我们倒回去一些，解释下金碧为何可以与其它娱乐场如此不同。金碧
汇彩娱乐场位于友谊大马路（葡萄牙语：Avenida da Amizade）197-233号
新建业商业大厦一、二、三楼。这栋大楼西邻葡京酒店，东邻财神酒店，
隔友谊大马路与永利酒店相望。本杂志最后的澳门地图上，金碧是5号娱
乐场，位置在J11。
金碧汇彩于2007年12月28日正式开张。最初在三楼起家，随着需求
的增加扩张至二楼和一楼。这里有36张传统百家乐赌台和1张传统骰宝
赌台，但这并不是金碧的特别之处。传统游戏桌外，你还会看到10张特
殊赌台，称为直播游戏机，也称真人派牌直播游戏。这10张直播赌台分
5对摆放：4对百家乐和1对轮盘／骰宝组合。每对赌台相连，由一位荷官
在两张台间轮换派牌。
玩家并不坐在赌台附近！三层楼中分布了527台电子博彩终端机，玩
家就坐在其中一台旁边，在这10个直播游戏中的一个或多个游戏上作电
子投注。每张赌台都设有监控摄像机实时向所有终端机传送。8张直播百
家乐台上都有百家乐“路”况的全套电子记录（要了解百家乐“路”的跟
随技巧，包括大路、大眼仔、小路、曱甴路及珠盘路，请登录网站wgm8.
com，查阅《环球博彩》2011年7月／8月刊及9月／10月刊中的文章《牌中
玄机》第一和第二部分）。
